Behind the High Wall

IMDb link: 0048996
IMDb rating: 6.5 (342 votes)
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director: Abner Biberman
Cast: John Gavin, Sylvia Sidney, Tom Tully, Betty Lynn and others

Release date: 1 Jul 1956
Release year: 1956
Runtime: 85 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: warden, propaganda, escape from prison, lie, warden as a hostage, car accident, 100 thousand dollars, warden buries the money, only one convict is alive, the convict is arrested

Plot:

A group of convicts break out of prison, killing a guard, kidnapping the warden and forcing a reluctant inmate to accompany them. However, when a car accident kills everyone except the warden and the inmate hostage, the warden steals $100,000 of the gang's money, then when police arrive he accuses the inmate of the guard's murder in order to cover up his own crime.

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